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Southern Trust Insurance Gains Deploys Insuresoft’s Diamond Platform

Among the gains from the legacy replacement initiative is a uniformly positive reaction from agents at the increased ease-of-doing-business that the platform affords.

Posted: Sep 01, 2020

Sapiens Strengthens DACH Region Presence with Hire of Mathias Harrassowitz

Harrassowitz brings over 20 years of technical and managerial experience to the task of leading sales and marketing efforts across German-speaking Europe.

Posted: Sep 01, 2020

Mendix Launches ‘All-in-One’ Low-Code Platform

Mendix 9 is designed to empower developers to leverage the full potential of enterprise data, create best-of-breed multiexperience solutions, and employ intelligent automation to digitalize workflows and business processes.

Posted: Sep 01, 2020

USAA Insurance Agency Selects Veruna for Agency Modernization

The USAA distribution company cites ease of access and use for its agents and the ability to serve the enterprise’s unusually mobile member base.

Posted: Sep 01, 2020

Southern Trust Insurance Deploys Insuresoft’s Diamond Platform

Among the gains from the legacy replacement initiative is a uniformly positive reaction from agents at the increased ease-of-doing-business that the platform affords.

Posted: Sep 01, 2020

Hearsay’s Clara Shih Passes CEO Torch to Mike Boese

Clara Shih, who with Steve Garrity founded the company on September 1, 2009, will transition from CEO to Executive Chairperson, remaining on the board of directors.

Posted: Sep 01, 2020

New Digital Insurance Communications: Options for Prospects, Producers, and Policyholders

Rather than just providing new options willy-nilly, decisions should be made in the context of an overall assessment of agent and customer needs.

Posted: Aug 31, 2020

HONK Launches Virtual Assistant

The new contact center customer engagement tool increases the speed and efficiency of roadside assistance calls.

Posted: Aug 31, 2020

Central Insurance Deploys Shift Technology for Fraud Detection and Subrogation

The vendor’s Force solution will be used to uncover suspicious behaviors in the insurer’s auto and property claims processes and to identify subrogation opportunities.

Posted: Aug 31, 2020

MGA Startup RubiQon Risk Accelerates Launch With OneShield’s SaaS Offering

Focused on speed-to-market as a key competitive advantage, the MGA will use OneShield Market Solutions for policy, billing, claims and reporting.

Posted: Aug 31, 2020

The 7 Roles in the Insurance Industry and How They Are Changing.

The effect of these changing roles on incumbents will depend on their willingness to adjust to the changes that are already occurring due to digital transformation.

Posted: Aug 30, 2020

Hurricane Laura’s Insured Losses Estimated between $4B to $9B

The storm brought catastrophic winds, storm surge of approximately 15 feet and widespread heavy rain along the Texas and Louisiana coast.

Posted: Aug 30, 2020

Hippo Completes Acquisition of Spinnaker Insurance Company

The company says that acquisition of the licensed insurance carrier will accelerate its geographical reach to be available to consumers in 11 additional states by June 2021.

Posted: Aug 30, 2020

Majesco Goes Live With Latest Version of Salesforce Sales Cloud

Majesco calls the redeployment is another fundamental change to its systems and processes that furthers its digital transformation journey.

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

Church Mutual partners with SafelyYou to Mitigate Fall-Related Risks

The technology will be used to mitigate fall risks, emergency room visits and the long-term cost of insurance premiums.

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

John Hancock Integrates Amazon Halo with Vitality Program

Starting this fall, all John Hancock Vitality customers will be able to link the Amazon Halo Band to the program to earn Vitality Points.

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

Selective Insurance’s Ignite Internship Program Goes Virtual

In response to the pandemic, Selective Insurance leveraged technology to develop an engaging virtual internship experience and honor its commitment to 50 interns.

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

Western Financial Group Selects Sapiens to Streamline Quote-to-Issue

Sapiens PolicyPro for Property & Casualty will let the company to implement underwriting strategies quickly and more effectively, and generate more meaningful data.

Posted: Aug 26, 2020

Breathe Life Secures $11.5 Million CAD in New Funding

$6.5 Million Series A Funding Co-led by Real Ventures & Investissement Québec Plus $5 Million in Debt Financing and Grants Led by National Bank of Canada.

Posted: Aug 26, 2020

Kin Insurance Selects Snapsheet to Deploy End-to-End Claims Management Platform

Kin selected the platform to enable an automated digital experience, omnichannel engagement, and end-to-end claims management from electronic FNOL through settlement.

Posted: Aug 26, 2020

ClarionDoor Partners with Vertafore to Modernize MGA Distribution

The partnership provides streamlined integration between Vertafore’s AIM platform and ClarionDoor’s (CD) MGA Hub.

Posted: Aug 26, 2020

Talage Partners with State Associations for Insurance Agents

The agreement will offer of IIABA organization members in California, Nebraska and New Mexico, and the Ohio Insurance Agents, access to Talage’s digital distribution software for commercial insurance.

Posted: Aug 26, 2020

Insurance Carrier Innovation and Transformation in the Time of Severe Headwinds

In Novarica’s second virtual Innovation Special Interest Group Mass Mutual’s Ja’Nene Kane, and Erie Insurance’s Keith Kennedy joined Novarica VP Nancy Casbarro to discuss innovation success stories and best practices.

Posted: Aug 24, 2020

Mennonite Mutual Insurance Company Deploys the Finys Suite

The insurer went into production with its Farmowners line of business on the Suite in January 2020 and released the Fire lines on the Suite in early August.

Posted: Aug 24, 2020

Kathleen Ziegler Joins CopperPoint as SVP, Operations

Ziegler will be responsible for overseeing business operations, procedures and efficiency to support CopperPoint and its agency/broker partners.

Posted: Aug 23, 2020